Ash-sifter or analogous device.



J. S. BROWN.

ASH SIFTER OR ANALOGOUS DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.7, 1910".

1,028,537. Patented June 4, 1912.

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ATTORNEY 20 of metal past the joint.

JAMES BROWN, F HARRISON, NEW YORK.

I that a construction which presents an ordinary loose-joint around the junction olf the ASH-SIFTER OR ANALOGOUS DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES S. Buow n a citizen of the United States, residing. in Harrison, \Vestchester county, State of New York, and doing business in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Sifters orj Analogous Devices, of which the following is a full and complete description.

' I have .found that in transferring mate rial from vone receptacle to another for the purpose of sifting, or treating-in any other manner is often accompanied byan undesirable scatterirtg'of dust, and I have f und sifter or'conveyerwith a bucket or other cylindrical vessel, can be made to serve with practical tightness by extending two sheets I have devised a construction and arrangement of asifter, the two discharge passages of which. utilizes this invention, and it is thereby adapted to serve'wit-hout change on a considerable range of the receiving vessels. I provide further a nearly annular part to be applied on each base, when required, which adapts the same apparatus to serve on receiving vessels of larger diameters.

The following is a description of whatI consider the best means of carryingout this invention.

The accompanying drawings forma part of this specification.

Figure lis a side view of two receiving vessels and of my improved ash-sitter. The

"""two receiving vessels are each round and approximating the size of an ordinary bucket. Figs. 2 and 3 show portions of the same on a larger scale. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section on the line 22 in Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a viewfrom below with the receivingvessels ()Il'lltltl. Fig. 4 is a side view corresponding to Fig. 1, showing the same ash-sitter, with an addition applied at.

will, which adapts it to serve, on vessels ot' greater diameter, as ordinarv ash cans. Figs. 5 and b belong with Fig. 4. They are. on the same scale as Fi 2 and 3 and part] c correspond therewith. Fig. 5' is a central vertical section on the line 55 in Fig. (5, and Fig. 6 is a view from below with the re- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 7, 1910. Serial No. 536,849.

ceiving vessels omitted. Fig. 7 is a cross section of a small portionon a still lar er scale, showing what I esteem the prefers. 1e mode of'joining the parts. It is on the line 2-2 in Fig. 3. i

J v Similar letters of reference ndicate cor-,-

responding parts in all the figures" where they appear. x

Referring to the figures, the-receiving vessels, which may be ordinary buckets, are indicated at U, they may be of any convenient Patented June4,191 2.

depth or general shape. The device which I may term a conveyer is supported by the receiving vessels and the parts of the device which form the back,'front and sides are a. portion of the more or less permanent structure. Over thepart D, and'in a correspondingly inclined position I hinges. door, which allows easyaecess for cleaning it such be comes'necessary The part D- forming the main'deflector maybe of fine or coarse mesh so as to separate and deflect i nto other.channels a part-of the material passing over the deflector. A greater portion of the material upon leaving thepart or deflector D passes into one of the receptacles "U, -through a.

portion that has been separaed will fall upon the inclined plate J to bedirected thereby into the other receptacle.

I will designate as small bottoms the provisions I make for guiding the material down from the conveyer into the receptacle and for the preventing the escape of dust.-

I provide two small bottoms for each eonveyer of a size to serve with buckets, these two bottoms may be alike and I willso de-- scribe them. Each is composed of three parts, permanently joined together, and to the conveyor with which they serve by riveting or otherwise. At M I indicate the top of each of. these bottoms, of bases. It is a disk with a large rectangular hole m. 'lwo receptacles being placed proper distances apart, the two bottoms M, M are applied one on each and serve as a cover therefor. A firm and close bearing upon each riazeptacle is secured through the intervention of a conical. lip M, which is riveted 01' otherwis strongly -zecured t0 the underside d enrh ol' the bottoms M.

lily device has, besides the conical lip M, a cylindrical: lip M exterior to the conical one and extending down a little farther. ,In use, this outer lip extends downward on the exterior of the vessel, upon which the device issupported.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I show additional parts intended to be used with larger receiving vessels. These parts are portable and may be removed when not actually in use, but when itis required to sift into much larger vessels, one of these additional parts is applied under and forced up on each of the lips M. An unsymmetrical, but substantially ring-shaped piece of metal I, is constructed of the same material as thesmaller rings. A large circular hole 77 slightly out of the center is produced in the plate P, and is' of such a size as to fit easily upon the cylindrical lip M. A conical lip P extends down as shown, and a cylindrical lip P outside of the conical lipextends down slightlv lower than the conical lip P and 'has its lower edgewired. This lip I serves the same functions in relation to a larger vessel as does the lip M on the ,disk M. I employ fastening button Q, each turning on a loose rivet S to hold the two disks It and I" in operative relation. The eccentric placing of each outer ring P, relatively to the corresponding inner rin M gives room for receiving vessel and the conveyer is so re strained that I consider it practically prevented.

Having carefully and fully described my H invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: p v

1. A device of the character described comprising a stationary casing, means within said conveyor for deflecting and retarding material during its passage through said casing, a base for said casing, comprisin a. plurality of disks, each disk being provided with an opening and a plurality of downwardly extending. rims, one withinanother,

and arranged to receive the upper edge of a receptacle bet-ween them, the innermost rim disposed at an angle to the outer rim and adapted to perform the double functions of fitting snugly upon receptacles of differentdiameters and receiving and defleeting material passing through said base from the deflectors of said casing a's speci- 2. -A device of the character described,-

comprising a casing, means within said casingv for deflecting and retarding. material during its passage through said casing, a base for said casing comprising a pluralit of disks in pairs one within the other, eac

disk being provided with an opening and a plurality of dowmvardly extendin r rims arranged to receive the upper 'edge e a receptacle between them, one of said rims disposed at an angle tolanoth'er rim and coopcrating therewith to perform the double functionof fitting snugly upon receptacles of difl'erent diameters and receiving and defleeting material passing through said base from the deflectors of the casin asspecifie'd.

Signed at New York city It. Y. this'd day of January 1910'.

JAMES S. BROWN,

lVitnesses:

THOMAS Dnnw S'ra'rson,

F. A. CI-IICKERING. 

